Salads offer a wide range of healthy ingredients, (leafy greens! raw veggies!) and they’re full of health-promoting vitamins and minerals. Eating more salads will not only support your body’s natural detoxification systems, they will help to balance your overall health while filling you up with delicious and creative meals that are simple to prepare any time of day. Plus, they will help you stay cool in this summer heat.

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1 Combine all dressing ingredients in a jar, shake well and set aside. 2 Chop cucumber into large chunks and place into bowls. 3 Top with chili peppers and spring onion. 4 Drizzle generously with dressing and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. 5 Serve immediately and enjoy!

1 Place your lettuce or other leafy greens in the bottom of a bowl. 2 Add the cooked quinoa and mix with the greens. 3 Add the sprouts . 4 Drizzle some of the olive oil on top, add a bit of sea salt, and mix. 5 Heat some olive oil in a pan, add the garlic for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms and black pepper and heat for about 2 minutes (add some water or stock if necessary so mushrooms don’t stick to the pan). 6 Add the spinach to the warm pan with mushrooms, mix, heat until the spinach starts to wilt but is still bright green in color. 7 Add the mushroom, spinach, and garlic mixture to the bowl of greens and quinoa, mix. 8 Sprinkle with scallions, and add more salt, pepper, or olive oil as needed.

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